Jim Saxton

Hugh James "Jim" Saxton (22 January 1943-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-NJ 13) from 6 November 1984 to 3 January 1993 (succeeding Edwin B. Forsythe and preceding Bob Menendez) and from NJ 3 from 3 January 1993 to 3 January 2009 (succeeding Frank Pallone and preceding John Adler).

Biography
Hugh James Saxton was born in Nicholson, Pennsylvania in 1943, and he worked as an elementary school teacher and small business owner before serving in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1976 to 1981 and in the State Senate from 1982 to 1984. In 1984, he was elected to the US House of Representatives to succeed the late Edwin B. Forsythe, and his district was renumbered in 1993. He retired in 2008 due to prostate cancer, and he retired to Mount Holly.